It came as something of a revelation last night to discover, via Twitter, that Tim Shieff, the Parkour (or Free Running) legend, is one of Streatham’s newest residents. He was tweeting from Kennedy’s Fish & Chip shop, which he has been visiting regularly since he moved to Leigham Court Road a few months ago. It is [read more]

Here we are – now a couple of days in to 2012 – with clear sober heads. It is time to reflect on the past year. News pundits called 2011 “the year of the news”. There was the Arab Spring, the UK Riots, the Tsunami in Japan, the Earthquake in New Zealand, the Royal wedding, [read more]

This week we bring you more photos tracking the progress of the Streatham Hub project. The previous month has seen the total demolition of the Church hall building, the first of the buildings to be demolished. Now the second building to see the wrecking ball is the Go Kart track. Meanwhile The Ice Rink remains [read more]

With this year’s Oxjam festival well and truly launched, Streatham resident and Volunteer Oxjam Event organiser Meeta Hitchings is bringing The Mirrorkicks and The Din to play at The White Lion tomorrow, Saturday 22 October 2011. Oxjam is Oxfam’s month-long music festival. It runs all through October with hundreds of events around the UK, all organised [read more]

<p>It’s ok. It will all be better in the end. The evening and weekend closures on the line are, ultimately, worthwhile – for we will have a brand new world class metro style Thameslink running through Streatham. Fantastic.</p> <p>Except it won’t be worthwhile. In an incredible stroke of luck, Streatham gets shafted again. The bit of [read more]

With news today that the diggers have moved in to the Streatham Hub site, here are some more pictures of the progress over the last month. There are a few more fences (now painted brown), the Go-Kart track has closed and the old church hall is about to be the first of the buildings to [read more]

A special cricket match will be played this Sunday to inaugurate a new cricket pitch on Streatham Common. You can read more about that in the press release below from The Streatham Society, which is also packed with brilliant facts about Cricket in Streatham. STREATHAM SOCIETY NEWS RELEASE SPECIAL CRICKET MATCH TO INAUGURATE NEW CRICKET PITCH ON STREATHAM COMMON ON 11TH SEPTEMBER 2011 A special [read more]

Chuka’s latest choon for the Sounds of Streatham feature is an old skool classic. “Gypsy Woman” (She’s Homeless) by Crystal Waters Chuka: “A totally superb track in every way – instantly recognisable and timeless”. [read more]

Over the last couple of weeks work finally began on the Streatham Hub project. It’s been ten years in the making and despite a growing dissatisfaction amongst residents with the, once popular, development, Streatham will now be transformed, for better or worse, over the next few years. We’ll be keeping a close eye on the [read more]

With the rioting across London over the last few nights everyone, naturally, wants to know what’s happening in our area. Here’s an attempt at explaining the basics so far. Please, if you know more, use this page to give us more details so we can build up an accurate picture of what’s happening locally. There were [read more]

Coming right off the back of The Streatham Festival and the Countdown to The Games parade, yet another event is about to hit Streatham. The Streatham Festival Association continue their excellent work with a street theatre this Saturday. See the press release below. *PRESS RELEASE********************* Street Theatre in Streatham Saturday 6 August 2011, 1pm-4.30pm An afternoon of colour and [read more]

Local community group, Streatham Action, is holding a couple of events for the locals. The first is tonight. Details of both are below. Thurs 14th July  7.00pm English Martyrs Church Hall, 2 Mitcham Lane, Streatham, SW16 6NN Streatham Action Public Engagement Meeting Streatham Action invite you to join them for their Summer Public Engagement meeting next [read more]